Ignace Kowalczyk
Personal information
Full name Ignatz Kowalczyk
Date of birth (1913-12-29)29 December 1913
Place of birth Castrop, Germany
Date of death 27 March 1996(1996-03-27) (aged 82)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1930–1931 Noyelles sous Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1933 Lens
1933–1936 Valenciennes
1936–1937 Marseille 29 (6)
1937–1939 Metz 22 (1)
1943–1944 Reims-Champagne
1944–1945 Reims
1945–1949 Metz 127 (3)
International career
1935–1938 France 5 (1)
Managerial career
1949–1950 Metz[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ignatz "Ignace" Kowalczyk (29 December 1913 – 27 March 1996) was a footballer. Born in Germany, Kowalczyk played for the France national team.

Personal life

Born in Castrop, he was of Polish descent. He moved to France at a young age.[2] He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 26 October 1934.[3]

References

  1. France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs Archived 2009-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Braun, Didier. "L'Équipe de France de football, c'est l'histoire en raccourci d'un siècle d'immigration" (PDF). L'Équipe. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  3. "Journal officiel de la République française. Lois et décrets". Gallica. 1934-11-04. Retrieved 2023-11-24.


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